Whit was a cousin on my mother's side.
He was the son of Samuel Monroe Hyden and Nancy Duff Lockhart.
He was married to Martha E. Withers in 1867.
Together their children were:
Frank S., Leonard H., Ida, Whitten Wilson, Jr., Ella, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Lockard, and Ruth Hyden.
Less then five months after Martha's death Whit married Dovie Lou Farriss. They had a one son together named Joe Bailey Hyden.
While living in Clay Co., MO, Whit was a friend of Frank & Jesse James. He was in the Quantrell's Raiders in the Civil War, with the James boys, and was hired by Judge Roy Bean to be the Indian U.S. Marshall for the Indian Territory.
Whit Hyden was a Confederate veteran from the Civil War, during which he was one of William Quantrill's guerilla band for a time. Whit Hyden had fromerly had a store in Jimtown, another in Ardmore and Davis at different times. He owned 1,800 acres of land near McGee. His brother, Dave M. Hyden (born 1856) had come to the Indian Territory in 1895 from Texas. In later years, Whit Hyden served as a government surveyor, and laid out the town of Lawton in 1901. He was still later a deputy U.S. Marshall. The two brothers were the sons of Samuel Hyden, a native of Virginia. He was part Choctaw Indian by blood, and their mother was a white woman, Nancy Lockhart of Virginia. Whit Hyden recieved an allotment of land at the time of allotment of the Choctaw lands but his brother Dave, received none. The two brothers applied for their Choctaw land rights at different allotment offices. This was a disadvantage to Dave who could not prove up his rights satisfactorily. Both the Hyden Brothers became members of McGee Masonic Lodge #94.
He was the son of Samuel Monroe Hyden and Nancy Duff Lockhart.
He was married to Martha E. Withers in 1867.
Together their children were:
Frank S., Leonard H., Ida, Whitten Wilson, Jr., Ella, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Lockard, and Ruth Hyden.
Less then five months after Martha's death Whit married Dovie Lou Farriss. They had a one son together named Joe Bailey Hyden.
While living in Clay Co., MO, Whit was a friend of Frank & Jesse James. He was in the Quantrell's Raiders in the Civil War, with the James boys, and was hired by Judge Roy Bean to be the Indian U.S. Marshall for the Indian Territory.
Whit Hyden was a Confederate veteran from the Civil War, during which he was one of William Quantrill's guerilla band for a time. Whit Hyden had fromerly had a store in Jimtown, another in Ardmore and Davis at different times. He owned 1,800 acres of land near McGee. His brother, Dave M. Hyden (born 1856) had come to the Indian Territory in 1895 from Texas. In later years, Whit Hyden served as a government surveyor, and laid out the town of Lawton in 1901. He was still later a deputy U.S. Marshall. The two brothers were the sons of Samuel Hyden, a native of Virginia. He was part Choctaw Indian by blood, and their mother was a white woman, Nancy Lockhart of Virginia. Whit Hyden recieved an allotment of land at the time of allotment of the Choctaw lands but his brother Dave, received none. The two brothers applied for their Choctaw land rights at different allotment offices. This was a disadvantage to Dave who could not prove up his rights satisfactorily. Both the Hyden Brothers became members of McGee Masonic Lodge #94.
Whit was a cousin on my mother's side.
He was the son of Samuel Monroe Hyden and Nancy Duff Lockhart.
He was married to Martha E. Withers in 1867.
Together their children were:
Frank S., Leonard H., Ida, Whitten Wilson, Jr., Ella, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Lockard, and Ruth Hyden.
Less then five months after Martha's death Whit married Dovie Lou Farriss. They had a one son together named Joe Bailey Hyden.
While living in Clay Co., MO, Whit was a friend of Frank & Jesse James. He was in the Quantrell's Raiders in the Civil War, with the James boys, and was hired by Judge Roy Bean to be the Indian U.S. Marshall for the Indian Territory.
Whit Hyden was a Confederate veteran from the Civil War, during which he was one of William Quantrill's guerilla band for a time. Whit Hyden had fromerly had a store in Jimtown, another in Ardmore and Davis at different times. He owned 1,800 acres of land near McGee. His brother, Dave M. Hyden (born 1856) had come to the Indian Territory in 1895 from Texas. In later years, Whit Hyden served as a government surveyor, and laid out the town of Lawton in 1901. He was still later a deputy U.S. Marshall. The two brothers were the sons of Samuel Hyden, a native of Virginia. He was part Choctaw Indian by blood, and their mother was a white woman, Nancy Lockhart of Virginia. Whit Hyden recieved an allotment of land at the time of allotment of the Choctaw lands but his brother Dave, received none. The two brothers applied for their Choctaw land rights at different allotment offices. This was a disadvantage to Dave who could not prove up his rights satisfactorily. Both the Hyden Brothers became members of McGee Masonic Lodge #94.
He was the son of Samuel Monroe Hyden and Nancy Duff Lockhart.
He was married to Martha E. Withers in 1867.
Together their children were:
Frank S., Leonard H., Ida, Whitten Wilson, Jr., Ella, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Lockard, and Ruth Hyden.
Less then five months after Martha's death Whit married Dovie Lou Farriss. They had a one son together named Joe Bailey Hyden.
While living in Clay Co., MO, Whit was a friend of Frank & Jesse James. He was in the Quantrell's Raiders in the Civil War, with the James boys, and was hired by Judge Roy Bean to be the Indian U.S. Marshall for the Indian Territory.
Whit Hyden was a Confederate veteran from the Civil War, during which he was one of William Quantrill's guerilla band for a time. Whit Hyden had fromerly had a store in Jimtown, another in Ardmore and Davis at different times. He owned 1,800 acres of land near McGee. His brother, Dave M. Hyden (born 1856) had come to the Indian Territory in 1895 from Texas. In later years, Whit Hyden served as a government surveyor, and laid out the town of Lawton in 1901. He was still later a deputy U.S. Marshall. The two brothers were the sons of Samuel Hyden, a native of Virginia. He was part Choctaw Indian by blood, and their mother was a white woman, Nancy Lockhart of Virginia. Whit Hyden recieved an allotment of land at the time of allotment of the Choctaw lands but his brother Dave, received none. The two brothers applied for their Choctaw land rights at different allotment offices. This was a disadvantage to Dave who could not prove up his rights satisfactorily. Both the Hyden Brothers became members of McGee Masonic Lodge #94.
